It is 1947 in New Paris, one of America's largest cities.
After engineer Bruce Ellory witnesses a brutal murder, his already crumbling life plunges deeper into ruin. Fear, deception, and violence soon drag him into the underworld of a city crawling with gangsters, sinister characters, and femme fatales. Private detective Max Weatherbee is barely scraping by when the case lands in his lap. As the bodies mount and the mystery deepens, the hard-boiled sleuth finds himself tangled in a deadly maze of lies, organized crime, and betrayal. Set against the smoky backdrop of postwar America, No Escape From Death is a vintage-style noir thriller steeped in the traditions of classic pulp fiction.